American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

Gentlemen, Sirs! <salute>

It is my pleasure to announce the following CSA only Tournament - Brother On Brother!

The Purpose: This tournament has been designed exclusively for the CSA side of the ACWGC as a means to promote and foster a climate of participation and camaraderie among the Confederate members of the gaming Club as we usually do battle against our Northern Brothers and little among ourselves!

Presenting the Participant's Ribbon:

Second Round Matchups!

Presenting the Championship Round Participant's Ribbon:

Championship Round

Presenting the tournament winners: Since there is no tie breaker we have 3 winners tied at 13 points each!

Lt General Owen Evans, Major General Gary Krenek & Major General Paul Siragusa!
Congratulations to the winners and to all the participants of this tournament. A BIG thank you shoutout to Colonel Larry Mills for all of his hard work for developing the tournament scenarios!

Presenting the Tournament Winners Ribbon:

Match 1: Colonel Thomas Wayne vs Major General Kerry Vannada: Match results are incomplete resulting in no points.
Match 2: General Jim Garner vs Major General Paul Siragusa : Match results from 1st battle; Draw for General Garner! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for MG Siragusa. Total: Jim 7 pts, Paul 13 pts.
Match 3: General John Dragan vs Major General Andy Taylor: Match results from 1st battle; Draw for General Dragan! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for MG Taylor. Total: John 7 pts, Andy 11 pts.
Match 4: Major General Jaume Campderros had to withdraw because of work requirements, General Siragusa is now paired against General Garner:
Match 5: Lt General Owen Evans vs Colonel Thomas Hibolin: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for LTG Evans! 2nd Battle; Draw for Col Hibolin. Total: Owen 13 pts, Thomas 7 pts.
Match 6: Major General Tim Reneau vs General D.W. Mallory: Match results from 1st battle; Draw for MG Reneau! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for Gen Mallory. Total: Tim 3 pts, D.W. 9 pts.
Match 7: Major General Tim Isgro vs Major General Jan Welleman: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for MG Isgro! 2nd Battle Minor Defeat for MG Welleman. Total: Tim 10 pts, Jan 6 pts.
Match 8: Brigadier General Chris Newcomb vs Brigadier General Andrew Boustouler: BG Newcomb had to withdraw because of work requirements.
Match 9: Major General Adam Wadding vs Major General Gerald Jensen: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for MG Wadding! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for MG Jensen. Total: Adam 8 pts, Gerald 9 pts.
Match 10: Lt General Alphonse DeMere vs Colonel Ed Blackburn: ] Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for LTG DeMere! 2nd Battle no results. Total: Al 10 pts, Ed 5 pts.
Match 11: Brigadier General Ian Coyle vs Brigadier General David Miller: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for BG Coyle! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for BG Miller. Total: Ian pts, David 8 pts.
Match 12: Brigadier General Miguel Ruiz vs Major General Neil Thomas: Match results are incomplete resulting in no points.
Match 13: General Paul Smith vs Major General Gary Krenek: Match results from 1st battle; Major Defeat for Gen Smith! 2nd Battle Major Victory for MG Krenek. Total: Paul 7 pts, Gary 13 pts.

Consolation Round

Match 14: Lt General Emmette Bird vs Brigadier General Greg Davis: Match results are incomplete resulting in no points.
Match 15: Lt General Tom Phillips vs General Tony Malone: Match results from 1st battle; Draw for LTG Phillips! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for Gen Malone. Total: Tom 3 pts, Tony 6 pts.
Match 16: General Kennon Whitehead vs General Cameron McOmish: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for Gen Whitehead! 2nd Battle Match results are incomplete resulting in no points.. Total: Kennon pts, Cam 1 pts.
Match 17: General Robert Busey vs Major General Tom Dehoff: Match results are incomplete resulting in no points.
Match 18: General Gene Nix vs Lt General Bruce Klem: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for Gen Nix! 2nd Battle Minor Victory for LTG Klem. Total: Gene pts, Bruce 4 pts.

Final Results of the first round!

Match 1: Major General Andy Taylor vs Lt General Emmette Bird: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Taylor! 2nd Battle ended in a Draw.
Match 2: General Paul Smith vs Colonel Ed Blackburn: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Smith! 2nd battle; Major Victory Colonel Blackburn.
Match 3: Major General Gary Krenek vs General Gene Nix: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Krenek! 2nd battle; Minor Victory General Nix.
Match 4: General John Dragan vs Colonel Thomas Wayne: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for General Dragon! 2nd battle; Minor Victory Colonel Wayne.
Match 5: Brigadier General Miguel Ruiz vs General Kennon Whitehead: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for General Ruiz ! 2nd battle; Major Defeat for General Whitehead.
Match 6: Brigadier General Ian Coyle vs General D.W. Mallory: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for General Coyle! 2nd Battle; Minor Victory for General Mallory.
Match 7: Major General Gerald Jensen vs Brigadier General Greg Davis: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Jensen! 2nd Battle; Minor Victory for General Davis.
Match 8: Major General Kerry Vannada vs Brigadier General Dwain Cunningham: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Vannada! 2nd Battle; Minor Defeat for General Cunningham.
Match 9: Major General Jaume Campderros vs General Tony Malone: Match results from first battle; Major Victory for General Campderros! 2nd Battle; Minor Defeat for General Malone.
Match 10: Colonel Thomas Hibolin vs General Nick Kunz: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for Colonel Hibolin! 2nd Battle; Minor Victory for General Kunz.
Match 11: Major General Neil Thomas vs General Robert Busey: Match results from first battle; Major Victory General Thomas! 2nd Battle; Minor Victory for General Busey!
Match 12: Major General Tim Isgro vs Brigadier General David Miller: Match results from 1st battle; Minor Victory for General Isgro! 2nd Battle; Minor Victory for General Miller!
Match 13: Brigadier General C. Lauret Brannan vs Brigadier General Andrew Boustouler: Match results from 1st battle; Draw! 2nd Battle; Draw.
Match 14: Brigadier General Edwin Sineath vs Lt General Bruce Klem:
Match 15: Lt General Owen Evans vs General Cameron McOmish: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Evans! 2nd Battle; Major Defeat for General McOmish.
Match 16: Lt General Tom Phillips vs Major General Paul Siragusa: Match results from 1st battle; Major Defeat for General Phillips! 2nd Battle; Major Victory for General Siragusa.
Match 17: Brigadier General Chris Newcomb vs General Jim Garner: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Newcomb! 2nd Battle; Major Victory for General Garner.
Match 18: Lt General Alphonse DeMere vs Major General Tom Dehoff: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General DeMere! 2nd Battle; Minor Defeat for General Dehoff!
Match 19: Major General Jan Welleman vs Major General Adam Wadding: Match results from 1st battle; Major Victory for General Welleman! 2nd Battle; Major Victory for General Wadding.

Tournament System: Players will fight one mirror match (2) Maneuvers per first and second round with the winners of the first round match will go through to the second round. Tournament winner will be decided by total points earned in each game match.

The Battlefield: A custom 9 turn Oak Hill.

Gentlemen!

As we all know a mountain of text has been written about Gettysburg and the why's of the confederate defeat. However, in those discussions there has been very little written about Rodes poorly coordinated attack on Day 1. Rodes had the largest division in the Army of Northern Virginia (if not the best). Yet, he lost over 30% of his division against a force less than half his size. We all know why and how this happened.

So! What if Gen. Rodes had waited another half an hour to make his attack on Robinson's division on Oak Ridge. Rodes delay allows Robinson to position Paul's Brigade in close reserve behind Baxter and Cutler. Schurz deploys Schimmelfennig to support Baxter's right flank. Gen. Early has received orders to support Rodes and has redeployed to compensate for Gen. Doles Brigade being shifted West to concentrate Rodes attack. Can Rodes crush Robinson's Division on the first assault and with Early's assistance cause the Union line to collapse earlier in the day and leave enough daylight to capture the heights south of Gettysburg.

It is now 3PM on day one and Rodes has used an additional 30 to 40 minutes to carefully deploy his division for a concentrated attack. Gen. Early has double timed his men West to support Rodes leaving his divisional artillery and its protection Smith's Virginia Brigade behind.

Let the battle begin!

Opponent Selection will be based on random selection done as follows:
• Each officer in the two pairing pools will be given a number, the number only will be sent to a member of cabinet to select which numbers will be matched up and side allocated.
• The Tournament Directors are not allowed to alter on which side or who an officer plays.
This will be done for each of the two rounds.

Respectfully,

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Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant, VMI

Here I´m, Where is the battle?.
C. Lauret. Colonel

Cavalry Corps A.N.V.

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Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant, VMI

It has been awhile, but I think I have finally figured out how to properly log in on this forum. I am here waiting for my assignment to the tournament.

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Colonel David Miller
Missouri Bushwhackers
1st Brigade, 3rd Div, II Corps
ANV CSA

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Respectfully,

Your Obedient Servant,

General Nick Kunz
Commandant, VMI

I need the files for the battle so I can play the turn sent me.

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GEN. Tony Malone

"Do your duty in all things, You can never do more, You should never wish to do less".

This looks a great tournament. Many thanks to Nick Kunz and Larry Mills for putting it together - great to see the support and the guys playing games. Regrettably RL is in my way at present.

Enjoy!

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General Stewart Stiles

Army of Northern Virginia

WHO is RL? Send him my way and I will get him OUT of the way.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Hi, Ernie,

I think it means real life, and it can be really hard to get out of the way. But if anybody can do it, you're the man!

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MG Mike Mihalik
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
AoWest/CSA

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Please do Ernie - Mike is spot on! RL can really intrude!

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General Stewart Stiles

Army of Northern Virginia

I heard about this so called "Real Life", sounds like lousy fiction to me.

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Lieutenant General Christian Hecht
Commander I Corps, Army of the Potomac

"Where to stop? I don't know. At Hell, I expect."

Game one of the BoB tournament completed - My Rebs put a good old fashion whoopin' on the yanks and Gen'l Gene Nix. Don't want to get too cocky, for now it is his turn to play the good guys, and after one turn of this second game, my blue belly boys are already runnin' for the hills...…..was sure a lot more fun playing the gray.

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Lt Gen Gary Krenek
I Corps, Commanding
ANV

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Salute and Congratulations to MG Gary Krenek on his well-executed victory in round one of BoB! I was certain after the first half that it had to be the ill-fitting blue garments, trimmed as they are for a somewhat less-lean & less-mean sort of soldier, but then General Krenek demonstrated how one goes about maximizing the defensive opportunities. At least I have a pretty new ribbon to wear. More of a wound badge, really. Well played sir, and good fortune to your fellows in the rest of the show!

Salute!
General Gene Nix, 4/2/I/AoT
Boggy Creek Swamp Rats

Thanks for the kind word, Gen'l Nix - but he doesn't quite tell the whole story. While I did score a major victory over Gene as the Confederate side, his narrative would lead you to believe I did the same as with the Yankee side. What actually happened in game two with me as the yank, was that I was able to hold onto one victory hex by the skin of my teeth (Gene took the other two) resulting in a Confederate minor victory. I'm just glad that whoever designed this scenario made it 9 moves long, and not 10 as Gen'l Nix was knocking on the door to that last victory hex.

Thanks again to everyone that had a hand in this tournament - has given me a chance to meet via email guys on the good side (Confederate, of course) that I normally don't get to meet.

SALUTE!

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Lt Gen Gary Krenek
I Corps, Commanding
ANV

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